Bolton Hare Family

William Henry Bolton, son of
Henry Bolton and Elizabeth Obenshain,
was born
September 26, 1835 in
Giles County, Virginiaand
died
of pneumonia on
December 2, 1879 in
Stone Creek, Giles County,
Virginia.

He married
Eleanor Hare on
July 23, 1865 in
Poplar Grove, Butler County, Iowa.

Military
Service:
He enlisted in Company B, 23rd
Infantry Battalion of Virginia on April, 10 ,1862. He
enlisted as a 2nd lieutentant and was promptly promoted to 1st
lieutentant and on July 16, 1863 was promoted to captain.
The 23rd battalion served in numerous major battles of the Civil
War during William Bolton's service including Jackson's valley
campaign, Antietam, 2nd Battle of Bull Run, Chancellorsville,
and Spotsylvania Court House. On August 9, 1864, war
records show William deserted to the enemy while on detached
service from his battalion. (See
civil war record if password provided on request.)

Residences:
He was born and raised on his father's farm in Giles County,
Virginia. In the 1860 census, he was living with his
father and lists his occupation as a carpenter. After the
war, he moved to Iowa, probably to live with his uncle James Bolton and the
multi-generational Bolton family. James had moved to
Iowa from Virginia to become head of the household. Peter
Bolton had passed in 1859 leaving his son, Thoms B. Bolton as
head of the household along with his surviving spouse, Mary.
Thomas B. died of an
intestinal infection in late 1864 less than a year after
volunteering for service with the Iowa 32nd Infantry. The
Bolton's farm was adjacent to the Hare's. Here William
Henry met and married Eleanor Hare, who was not yet 15 on the
date of their marriage. The family moved from Iowa back to Giles County, Virginia between 1871 and
1873. Here he farmed near his brothers, perhaps on his
father's land, till his death.

Eleanor Hare, daughter of
James
B Hareand Betsy
Olmstead,
was born
September 1, 1849in
De Kalb, Illinois
and died
of small pox on
May 11, 1881 in
Bayard, Guthrie County, Iowa.

Other events in the life of Eleanor Hare

Residences:
According to the 1860 Census of Beaver Township, Butler County,
Iowa, 10 year old Eleanor lived with her 7 year old sister,
Salina and their parents, 34 year olds Betsy and James B Hare.
Next door was the Thomas B Bolton family. After the death of her
husband in 1879, she continued to live in Giles County, Virginia
with her six children until some time after June 1880. The
family returned to Iowa where she died of small pox in 1881.

Burial:
Bachanan Township, Page County, Iowa

Children of William Bolton and Eleanor Hare

Lillian Bolton
was born in
1866 in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
and died
October 8, 1950 in Logan, Phillips County,
Kansas.

Etta Madrid Bolton was born January 10, 1868 in
Butler County, Iowa. She married Charles Duncan
in Buchanan County, Missouri on May 11, 1891.

Ollie B. Bolton was born on March 1, 1871 in
Clarinda, Page County, Iowa and died January 12, 1952. She
married Joseph M Weaver on January 24,1889 in
Phillipsburg, Kansas.

Lena May Bolton was born on May 27, 1873 in
Virginia and died on March 19, 1946 in Parnell, Missouri.
She married Edwin T. Pierson on October 24,
1894 in Clarinda, Iowa

Guy Judson Bolton was born in 1876 and died on
May 14,1881 of small pox a few days after her mother.

Absalom Dempsey Bolton was born in Giles
County, Virginia September 26, 1877 and died August 18, 1961 in
Roanoke, Va. He married Flora Etta Thomas
on September 26, 1901.

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